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Universal scaling for disordered viscoelastic matter near the onset of rigidity

Author

Danilo Liarte
Stephen Thornton
Eric Schwen
Itai Cohen
Debanjan Chowdhury
James Sethna

Abstract

The onset of rigidity in interacting liquids, as they undergo a transition to a disordered solid, is associated with a rearrangement of the low-frequency vibrational spectrum. In this Letter, we derive scaling forms for the singular dynamical response of disordered viscoelastic networks near both jamming and rigidity percolation. Using effective-medium theory, we extract critical exponents, invariant scaling combinations, and analytical formulas for universal scaling functions near these transitions. Our scaling forms describe the behavior in space and time near the various onsets of rigidity, for rigid and floppy phases and the crossover region, including diverging length scales and timescales at the transitions. © 2022 American Physical Society.

Date Published

Journal

Physical Review E

Volume

106

Issue

5

ISBN Number

2470-0045, 2470-0053

URL

https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.106.L052601

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevE.106.L052601

Alternate Journal

Phys. Rev. E

Group (Lab)

Debanjan Chowdhury Group
Itai Cohen Group
James Sethna Group

Funding Source

DMR-1719490
2010118
1509308
2016/01343-7
2021/14285-3

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